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Ma Ba Tha
![Saffron Washing: The Myanmar Military’s Exploitation of Buddhism Saffron Washing: The Myanmar Military’s Exploitation of Buddhism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-09-13-194933.jpg)
Saffron Washing: The Myanmar Military’s Exploitation of Buddhism
By Tin Shine Aung
Holding itself up as the sole defender of Burmese heritage, the military has long manipulated Buddhism for its political purposes.
![Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-07-06_13-39-31.jpg)
Myanmar's Radical Buddhist Group Gets Rebuked
By Mong Palatino
Ma Ba Tha has been dealt some recent blows.
![Myanmar's Religious Hate Speech Law Myanmar's Religious Hate Speech Law](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-05-05_15-17-03.jpg)
Myanmar's Religious Hate Speech Law
By Michael Caster
Myanmar's religious hate speech law is used to protect ultra-nationalists rather than religious minorities.
!['No Rohingya': Behind the US Embassy Protest in Myanmar 'No Rohingya': Behind the US Embassy Protest in Myanmar](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-29_14-14-52.jpg)
'No Rohingya': Behind the US Embassy Protest in Myanmar
By David Doyle
"We want to declare to the U.S. embassy and to all the other countries, there are no Rohingya in our country."
![The Truth About Myanmar's New Discriminatory Laws The Truth About Myanmar's New Discriminatory Laws](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-26_13-40-30.jpg)
The Truth About Myanmar's New Discriminatory Laws
By Michael Caster
The euphemistically-termed “Protection of Race and Religion” bills raise serious questions about the country's future.
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